The first numer of IJPME: An exciting challenge

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EditorialThis is the first number of the International Journal of Production Management and Engineering (IJPME). Why this new journal?From the Research Centre on Production Management and Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València, it is understood that the numerous results being obtained in the research and transfer projects, including the generation of new knowledge and practical applications in companies and industrial sectors, are not reaching all the potentially interested people. Although there are many journals that deal with enterprise issues, we want to address the resolution or solution proposal of the real problems that companies are facing. We also wish that the IJPME becomes an agile channel between researchers and readers.Problems, cases and proposals will be addressed from an engineering point of view. Industrial engineering, system engineering, process engineering, etc., are visions that the IJPME will enhance in the future.The IJPME's objectives promote the progress and understanding of phenomena related with all aspects of production engineering and management. In particular, the IJPME covers proposals of strategic, tactic or operative challenges in industrial or service organizations, such as individual enterprises, and supply or distribution network approaches. Moreover, cross-disciplinary working areas, such a business process modelling, operation research, performance measurement systems, enterprise engineering or information technology, etc., as decision support systems are welcome.-Strategy and Design: Physical systems design, supply or distribution network design, business models & modelling, business process, behavioural issues, collaborative networks, risk management, software services and enterprise architectures, KPIs, inventory policies, etc., based on new models, methodologies, techniques, tools, etc.-Operations and Control: Demand forecasting, production planning & scheduling, order promising, project management, multi-level lot sizing, routing, etc., using exact heuristic or meta-heuristic methods based on fuzzy logic, mathematical models, intelligence software agents, methodologies, algorithms, etc.The journal is arranged in two sections: the Editorial and Papers section. The Editorial section publishes a visionary short papers (2-3 pages max.) in order to guide future journal contributors by identifying